in Breastfeeding/Nursing & pumping Mamas

Breastfeeding & work

I’m going back to work part time soon and my little one will have to go roughly 6 hours without boob. She’s pretty much been ebf but did have the odd bottle when she was a few months old. She will be 13 months when I go back (she was prem though so corrected she’ll be 11 months) At the moment I feed her on demand, we bed share and she nurses whenever she likes throughout the night then I try and give her a big feed when we wake up. She has 3 meals a day plus snacks & water so I’m guessing she will be fine to wait 6 hours for milk? She just has never had to before! Not sure if I need to pump so her dad can give her milk whilst I’m away or whether there’s not much point?

Show your support

Hey! My 13 month old is still EBF and I’ve been back at work about 6 weeks now! I have a Friday off, so of a weekend I still let him feed on demand, no issue. I pump once at work and usually produce between 3-5 ounces and whatever I have goes to childcare with him the next day, so he’s pretty much just having one bottle of expressed without me. As soon as we are home he has a massive feed, like he’s catching up/reconnecting x

Honestly I was stressing so much. My little girl is EBF- wouldn’t take a bottle. She goes to nursery 9 hours, no milk, and just feeds before and after! She’s 13 months now and loves nursery and we have a routine where we have boob in the car and a cuddle straight after xxx

My LG 15 months started nursery a couple weeks ago and I I don’t pump She just eat and drinks cow milk at the nursery I give her. A big feed in the morning .. At this age is more about comfort than the actual milk. So I wouldn’t worry ( which I did a lot my self )

Lucy Webber does a workshop on this. Think it’s not too dear, £25 if I remember correct https://www.instagram.com/lucywebberfeedingsupport_ibclc?igsh=MWc5czlueHg3Z3Zycg==

I was very stressed about returning to work. My little girl was 10 months old and EBF. She would scream if I ever so much as showed her a bottle. I must have bought about 8 different brands - I even own a bottle that looks a lot like an actual boob! I drop her off at 8am and pick up isn't until 5:30pm. The first few weeks she went 8 hours with no milk as she would not drink what I pumped from a bottle. Then one day I picked her up and the staff said she had drank 2 bottles of milk. Since that day she never looked back. She is only in 3 days a week so we still nurse on demand when I'm with her. She's now 14 months old and has 2 bottles at nursery of pumped milk plus a couple of feeds at home. Also 3 meals plus snacks a day - she's a beast 🤣 They adjust really well to you not being there. I honestly couldn't sleep leading up to returning to the office. If you can pump I would do it. Breast milk boosts their immune system - which is a big plus if your little one is starting nursery 😊

‌

‌
‌

‌

‌
‌

‌

‌
‌

‌

‌
‌

‌

‌
‌

‌

‌
‌